Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar ...

DUXBURY – The Japanese Tea Ceremony embodies the culture, history and art of Japan. Above all, the ritual aims to savor the present because every moment is unique and can never be relived. The tea ...

The Japanese word for a tea ceremony, chanoyu, can be translated literally as “hot water for tea.” But the term chanoyu has also become associated with an entire formalized practice of preparing and ...

Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a 1970s “Austin Powers” vibe. All can be part of the experience at Gallery Okubo in ...

A surge in inbound tourists seeking matcha products has driven up tencha transaction costs sharply. Read more at straitstimes ...

The moment the host begins speaking you can sense everyone’s heart rate drop. If you have ever been to a yoga class, you know the feeling. When you are settling in on your mat and the teacher says ...

Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese culture by supplementing her students’ learning of the Japanese language with the complex yet rewarding art of sadō, the Japanese tea ceremony. Studying a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...

Immerse yourself in a Japanese tea ceremony while wearing a kimono at Tokujuji, a 300-year-old Zen Buddhist temple on Itsukushima, an island near Hiroshima. Though the style of drinking powdered green ...

SAGINAW, MI — You can watch and participate in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at a cultural site in mid-Michigan. The tea ceremonies are offered on select Saturdays throughout the year at the ...